A few days ago, Elon Musk was preparing to buy the Twitter platform in exchange for $44 billion. The boss of Tesla and SpaceX thus promises something new on the network social regarding freedom of speech, but remember that the purchase will be processed in just a few months. In the meantime, the latest quarterly report published on Twitter allows you to learn more about the network and, in particular, son the number of users or even a standard tweet profile.
What is “twitter”?
First of all, you should know that the typical Twitter user (hence “twittos”) is mostly American. It is estimated that more than 75 millions number of Twitter users in the US. In addition, the majority of typical Twitter users (40%) are between 25 and 34 years old. It should be noted that the platform is used by less than 20% of people aged 18-24 and over 50, while at the age of 25-49 it is preferred by just over 20% of people aged 25-49. In terms of popularity, even if Twitter seems to be ubiquitous in our lives for a few years, the American network is far, far away from an audience like Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, TikTok…. As a result, on estimated at 436 millions number of monthly Twitter users when Facebook shows almost 3 billion, YouTube 2.5 billion, WhatsApp 2 billion… For reference, Pinterest would have 444 millions users every month, i.e. some millions more than on Twitter. The American platform is also notable for having a majority of male users (56%), as well as tweets that fall into two categories, namely: super- assets and liabilities. According to various studies, 25% of the most active users of the platform are responsible for 97% of the posted content. Thus, many followers (about 70%) use Twitter to get informed, follow certain debates or even watch videos without ever being truly “active”, resulting in a very limited degree of engagement. In terms of popularity, Barack Obama is currently the most popular user with over 131 users. millions subscribers. He is supported by Justin Bieber (114 millions) and Katy Perry (106 millions). Future Twitter owner Elon Musk points to 7th with just under 90 millions from followers.
